RestrictedArchive–Te Puna Rangahau: Recent submissions

  • Filmic Architecture - Moving Image + Mixed Reality 
    Lu, Mengyue (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    In contemporary museums, curators use a variety of visual media to deliver content to their visitors. Although many museums have designed their online websites to help convey information to the remote visitors, seldom do ...
  • Awareness and Perception of Intellectual Property Rights and its processes in New Zealand – The disconnect between innovation and commercialisation, a study based on the Students at Victoria University’s School of Design 
    Hill, Martina (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    In New Zealand intellectual property (IP) is seen as an economic driver, however in recent years patent applications have plateaued and design applications decreased in comparison to the previous years. A review of the New ...
  • Rewriting Mansfield: Writing, Editing and Translation 
    Manenti, Davide (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    This thesis explores the notion, the process and the ethical implications of rewriting, drawing on insights from literary and translation theories, psychoanalysis and trauma studies. It analyses three major forms of ...
  • Out of the East 
    Takei, Tomoki (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Post-war economic shifts and modernisation of industrial technologies caused many of New Zealand’s rural industrial buildings to become run down without any acknowledgement of their heritage value. These historic buildings ...
  • The Synthesis of Carbohydrate Probes for the Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis 
    Santoso, Kristiana (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurologically debilitating disease which typically affects people in the age bracket of 27-40 years old. Currently, little is known about the mechanism of the disease, which is partly due to ...
  • Umbrella clauses in investment treaties: True function ascertained 
    Arora, Rohit (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Umbrella clauses are provisions in investment treaties that require the contracting States to observe contractual undertakings or commitments to foreign investors. Umbrella clauses have been subject to much controversy and ...
  • The Life Aquatic 
    Grieve, George William Gillanders (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Throughout New Zealand, there is an impossible situation in the paradox between the untouched, ‘100% Pure’ environment we sell as our key attraction and the inherent ‘touch’ when we occupy this environment. The pressures ...
  • A study of two cultural groups by the Rorschach technique 
    Spinley, Betty M. (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1949)
    In this study the Rorschach record obtained from two groups of young people - one group of New Zealand Children, the other of Cook Island children from the island of Aitutaki - are interpreted, and the results considered.
  • The influence of physical factors on the pastoral production of the Manawatu lowland. 
    Coupe, P. F. (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1957)
    The area studied in this paper lies between the Manawatu and Oroua Rivers, and is generally referred to as the Manawatu Lowland, or Plain. It is not chosen as a geographic unit with strict boundaries, though it can clain ...
  • Social Class Consciousness in Adolescents 
    Congalton, A. A. (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1952)
    The basis of this investigation was an assumption that a community, by means of certain criteria, distinguishes social classes within itself even though its members may be unconscious of or refuse to acknowledge them as such.
  • H-ras transformation increases susceptibility of a myeloid cell line to the cytostatic and cytotoxic effects of peloruside A, a novel natural marine compound 
    Rouwé, Berber (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2000)
    Marine organisms have proven a rich source of natural, bioactive compounds. Mycale sp, a marine sponge growing in New Zealand coastal waters, is one of those organisms. A novel cytotoxic compound, peloruside A, was isolated ...
  • Re-discovering North Head: A Narrative Exploration of Architecture + Archaeology 
    Tonetti, Julia (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Historic sites across New Zealand hold onto the memory of events that once were. Remnant archaeology is imprinted on the landscape but the story and relevance is been lost over time. This thesis examines the culture, ...
  • The Future of Science Teacher Education in Tonga 
    Vaka-Vivili, Margaret Kuira (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    The purpose of this research was to explore and document existing policy and practices contributing to the debate of science teacher education in the Pacific. The study took on a pragmatic approach for a mixed research, ...
  • Modeling Consecutive Failures of Repairable Systems, with Applications in Warranty Cost Analysis 
    Varnosafaderani, Sima (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Most engineered systems are inclined to fail sometime during their lifetime. Many of these systems are repairable and not necessarily discarded and replaced upon failure. Unlike replacements, where the failed system is ...
  • Rainfall in Vietnam 
    Nguyen, Quang Dang (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    The thesis is a comprehensive analysis of the climate of Vietnam, concentrating on rainfall. Vietnam lies in the tropical northern hemisphere in a region that is influenced by the South Asian, East Asian and Australian ...
  • The Ethics of Treaties: A Humean Account 
    Riley, Steven Guy (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    This thesis concerns the reasons that states have to comply with their treaty commitments. It aims to answer two questions. Firstly, what reason does signing a treaty give to a state to act in accordance with the treaty? ...
  • The Development of Superhydrophobic Textiles and Polymer Surfaces 
    Herzog, Matthias B. (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    The lotus leaf (Nelumbo nucifera) and the Stenocara beetle represent two classic examples in nature where the structural patterning and chemical nature of a surface has led to very specific properties. Superhydrophobicity ...
  • Motivation interventions via study programmes for under-achieving students, focusing on Paifika students 
    Sanders, Peter (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Research has shown that lower motivation orientations are associated with under-achievement and that ethnicity may also be associated with motivation and achievement. This study investigates if student motivation can be ...
  • Fair Trade for Whom? The Contribution of Fair Trade to Combatting Trade Inequities Faced by East Timorese Coffee Producers 
    Howson, Kelle (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Fair trade aims to empower smallholder agricultural producers in the global South to gain more power over their industries by the formation of transparent and democratically representative cooperatives. However, critiques ...
  • Giant magneto resistance (GMR) sensors for non destructive testing 
    Bailey, Joseph (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    The thesis investigates the use of giant magneto resistance sensors for eddy current testing in order to identify defects in steel pipes. An automated test rig which included the device under test, sensor array, excitation ...

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